glClipPlane
NAME
glClipPlane -- specify a plane against which all geometry is clipped
C SPECIFICATION
void glClipPlane(GLenum plane,
const GLdouble *equation)
PARAMETERS
- plane
-
Specifies which clipping plane is being positioned. Symbolic names of
the form GL_CLIP_PLANEi, where i is an integer
between 0 and GL_MAX_CLIP_PLANES-1 are accepted.
- equation
-
Specifies the address of an array of four double-precision
floating-point values. These values are interpreted as a plane
equation.
DESCRIPTION
Geometry is always clipped against the boundaries of a six-plane frustum in
x, y, and z. glClipPlane allows the specification
of additional planes, not necessarily perpendicular to the x, y,
or z axis, against which all geometry is clipped. Up to
GL_MAX_CLIP_PLANES planes can be specified, where
GL_MAX_CLIP_PLANES is at least six in all implementations. Because the
resulting clipping region is the intersection of the defined half-spaces,
it is always convex.
glClipPlane specifies a half-space using a four-component plane equation.
When glClipPlane is called, equation is transformed by the
inverse of the modelview matrix and stored in the resulting eye coordinates.
Subsequent changes to the modelview matrix have no effect on the stored
plane-equation components. If the dot product of the eye coordinates of a
vertex with the stored plane equation components is positive or zero, the
vertex is in with respect to that clipping plane. Otherwise, it is
out.
Clipping planes are enabled and disabled with
glDisable, and called with the argument
GL_CLIP_PLANEi, where i is the plane number.
By default, all clipping planes are defined as (0,0,0,0) in eye coordinates
and are disabled.
NOTES
It is always the case, that GL_CLIP_PLANEi =
GL_CLIP_PLANE0+i.
ERRORS
GL_INVALID_ENUM is generated if plane is not an accepted value.
GL_INVALID_OPERATION is generated if glClipPlane is called
between a call to glBegin and the
corresponding call to glEnd.
ASSOCIATED GETS
glGetClipPlane
glIsEnabled with argument
GL_CLIP_PLANEi
SEE ALSO
glEnable
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